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Basketball - NBC SportsTue, 31 Mar 2015 20:49:41 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: redandgoldenbearshttp://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/02/08/kings-isaiah-thomas-calls-celtics-jerryd-bayless-a-fake-tough-guy-after-on-court-incident-video/comment-page-1/#comment-275002
Mon, 10 Feb 2014 04:02:07 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=694079#comment-275002Ur an idiot bro
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Mon, 10 Feb 2014 00:01:30 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=694079#comment-274961I think it would be cool to have an article about this. “Fake Tough Guys in the NBA”
Kendrick Perkins would be #1 on my list.
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Sun, 09 Feb 2014 21:14:56 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=694079#comment-274937What’s with spelling celtics in all caps?! I mean, really, who does that???
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Sun, 09 Feb 2014 12:38:03 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=694079#comment-274850Exactly, I was waiting for one of these comments. Bunch of illiterate readers. Fire off your stupid posts when you don’t understand the article. Fake tough internet keyboard types. smh
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Sun, 09 Feb 2014 12:16:14 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=694079#comment-274849Was at the game, albeit about as far away from the play as possible. From my view, which was more from the opposite side of the play than the view shown, it looked like Bayless may have grabbed Thomas’ shorts while Thomas was obviously lingering over Bayless. I think Bayless started off ticked because he may have thought he was undercut by Thomas. Cousins and Sullinger seemed to be the guys on the court responsible for pulling their teammate away from the scrum, although Bayless pushed Sullinger away to go back towards Thomas.

Concerning the Kings, Cousins has a real low post touch. I was surprised that it wasn’t just “bump and dunk” but he would create space and then effectively find a nice way to finish. He also showed a touch on free throws I did not expect. Like any big guy, Cousins whined some about non-calls but in all honesty on a lot of them he had reason to complain as he draws contact on almost every play. The only time I saw him get frustrated, and I spent a lot of the game looking for it, was the one time he used his shoulder to hard to create some space and got called for the offensive foul. He looked to me like a guy you could build around, although outside of rebounding I would not say he plays with high intensity on defense (witness the number of points Sullinger scored on put backs).

To my eye, the biggest problem in this game for the Kings was Thomas, who is way too much a shoot first point guard. There were too many times in a Kings offensive set where the Cousins never touched the ball. For someone who penetrates as well as Thomas does, you’d think he’d be able to get Cousins the ball for some easy baskets but he always seemed to shoot off the drive and Cousins would score off of iso plays in the post.

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Sun, 09 Feb 2014 09:39:40 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=694079#comment-274843Please read the article again. He is clearly not talking about what Cousins did or did not do in this specific game or incident.So the idiotic comments about Cousins’ “peacemaker” role are completely beside the point. Rightly or wrongly,he is blaming Cousins similar previous immature actions and lack of leadership as a bad example for Thomas,leading to this kind of behavior by Thomas. An arguable point,perhaps,but again,at no point does he speak of Cousins’ actions on this particular night or incident. Reading comprehension is the point of reading. In fact,if you so blatantly misunderstand what is written,then it really isn’t reading at all …..
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Sun, 09 Feb 2014 07:16:23 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=694079#comment-274840@gymtruthteller
you twit! This guy is not Isiah Thomas’ kid. Do your damn research!
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Sun, 09 Feb 2014 07:08:41 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=694079#comment-274835would’ve been an even match with bayless on the ground
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Sun, 09 Feb 2014 04:19:57 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=694079#comment-274814He learned from the best, KG and Pierce and Isiah JR should know fake tough guys. His daddy was one
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Sun, 09 Feb 2014 02:57:48 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=694079#comment-274802Brett Pollakoff, probasketballtalk.com’s “fake tough” writer.
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Sun, 09 Feb 2014 02:42:36 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=694079#comment-274800I never understand this “tough” thing. Its basketball. You play a game. You should play hard and play with passion, but if you feel you need to prove you’re a tough guy on a basketball court, you shouldn’t be playing in the NBA. You want to prove you’re tough; put on a uniform and get shipped off to Afghanistan or go fight in the UFC. This “tough” talk is just stupid.
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Sun, 09 Feb 2014 00:50:39 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=694079#comment-274786Maybe I’m missing something buuuuuuuuut, just what exactly did Big Cuz do..??? Looked to me like he was trying to break up the fight!!!
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Sat, 08 Feb 2014 23:30:06 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=694079#comment-274775everyone goes back to normal after the adrenaline wears off
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Sat, 08 Feb 2014 23:28:15 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=694079#comment-274773Knocking Cousins in this article is utterly ridiculous and borderline stupid. Cousins attempted to help Bayless get up, and then intervened and moved Thomas out of the way. After the game, Cousins shook hands with all of the Celtics and seemed to give Pressey words of encouragement. (Side note: Before the game he expressed respect for the Celtics, especially Sullinger.)

Brett Pollakoff, the writer of the article, obviously doesn’t like Cousins.

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Sat, 08 Feb 2014 22:32:45 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=694079#comment-274761What in the hell made you go on some anti-Cousins rant? He tried to help Bayless up and pushed Thomas back from him. The bias is strong here.
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Sat, 08 Feb 2014 21:18:35 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=694079#comment-274738Who was the peace maker? That’s right, DMC. What a ridiculous way to write this story.
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Sat, 08 Feb 2014 20:41:12 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=694079#comment-274730Tge celts know all about fake tough guys Garnett is the worst of them all
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Sat, 08 Feb 2014 20:39:04 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=694079#comment-274729They are rebuilding actually. The kings reaaaally suck, given the talent on the roster
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Sat, 08 Feb 2014 20:34:26 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=694079#comment-27472698% of all NBA players are fake tough guys. They pose and posture, but wouldn’t really fight
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Sat, 08 Feb 2014 20:20:50 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=694079#comment-274721Whos the fake tough guy here? Bayless pushes him while sitting on the floor defenseless. All Thomas does is stand there mouthing at the him.
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Sat, 08 Feb 2014 19:50:03 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=694079#comment-274713more championships*
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Sat, 08 Feb 2014 19:43:09 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=694079#comment-274711Seriously, it’s just easy for Brett to blast Cousins for no reason. Cousins is really maturing and is worth every penny of his max contract.
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Sat, 08 Feb 2014 19:28:50 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=694079#comment-274701Okay: they’re tough…but they still suck.
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Sat, 08 Feb 2014 19:21:11 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=694079#comment-274697What the CELTICS are tough. Your a Clown if you dont think thay are
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Sat, 08 Feb 2014 19:17:48 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=694079#comment-274694But which two of them have more than every other team combined? LOL
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Sat, 08 Feb 2014 19:17:30 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=694079#comment-274693Well Isaiah Thomas has his ass all in his face what expect him to do just sit there? But everyone in the NBA is a “Fake Tough Guy” don’t nobody want to fight so stop it with that.
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Sat, 08 Feb 2014 19:15:46 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=694079#comment-274691…and the Floppers.
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Sat, 08 Feb 2014 18:59:34 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=694079#comment-274686did you even watch the clip? Cousins is breaking it up ya dingus!
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Sat, 08 Feb 2014 18:36:45 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=694079#comment-274680Cousins was actually trying to break up the fight here and did nothing to escalate it. Yes, he was actually playing peacemaker. People are capable of change.

Regarding the max contract, 29 other teams would have given him one instead of letting him go. COusins has definitely matured. Think before blindly blasting players, Brett. Words need to make sense when you write.

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Sat, 08 Feb 2014 18:34:41 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=694079#comment-274679Celtics are a fake tough team just like the Lakers and Knicks.
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